Chapter 3 Everything is Difficult

Angela has always been proud, especially after being entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Zhuo Fei. But now, in the face of the group of Jewish technicians gathered in front of her, Angela's pride was somewhat relaxed. "Miss Angela, I admit that it's important to plan the railroad early, but you have to know that it's also important to use hydropower, otherwise the factories that have already been located will be shut down, and there won't be enough electricity for the factories to produce anything." A gray-haired Jewish technician was apparently the chosen spokesman.

Resisting the turmoil, Angela glanced up at the other party, then tapped her fingers on the table, "Mr. House, I know you have some truth in what you say, but there are some things that must be done immediately. Although our plan to lay the railway has not yet been approved by the working government, this does not mean that we cannot carry out the survey activities of the line in advance. Hydropower projects have not stopped, and the Ruili River diversion project has not been completed for a day, and hydropower generation can only exist on paper. That's what I don't say, and I think you should know it. ”

Angela's answer was not unexpected, in fact, the people who Angela had selected from the many Jewish engineers were experts and scholars who were well-versed in water conservancy. Without any scruples that this was Angela's office, everyone immediately discussed it on the spot, Angela took the trouble to reach out and rub her temples, such arguments have happened several times, and Angela has lost count of how many times she has given the same answer.

The Jewish technicians came to the door because Angela had drawn people from among them to carry out the survey of the railway line, and without the support and consent of the Chinese government, these stubborn Jewish technicians believed that Angela's decision was just a waste of money and money. "Okay, you all go back, the Ruili River diversion project has reached the most critical time, once the river water is drained, the construction of the reservoir dam and the installation of generator sets will depend on you."

After another kind of persuasion, Angela finally sent away these unrelenting Jewish technicians again, and in order to prevent these people from returning to the site, Angela simply took a team of guards and a few assistants to inspect the drainage site. The drainage of Ruilijiang is something that Zhuo Fei specially explained to Angela before leaving Germany. Since 1878, France built the world's first hydropower station, hydropower stations have been valued by many countries in the world, China is the world's most abundant hydropower country, in July 1910, China's first hydropower station was built in Yunnan Province on the Mantis River Shilongba Hydropower Station.

Since there is already a history of building hydropower stations in China, how can Zhuo Fei waste such excellent local resources as Ruilijiang, so before Angela left Germany, he received the task of building a hydropower station in Ruili from Zhuo Fei. Most of the Jews who have migrated to Ruili are excellent technicians and workers, and Zhuo Fei cannot do without electricity if he wants to build a factory in Ruili and use these technicians and workers rationally. ,

For now, there are only two ways to generate electricity, one is to use a lot of coal-fired thermal power generation, and the other is to use almost no pollution of hydroelectric power, Zhuo Fei naturally prefers the latter, because Yunnan has rich water resources. The construction of hydropower stations is a big project, and many countries in the world spend a lot of manpower and material resources when building hydropower stations, and Zhuo Fei has only one umbrella company behind him.

Angela insisted on carrying out the railway project first, and it was based on this realization that only the railway line connecting Wan Town and Kunming, and a large number of various materials hoarded in Wan Town and Ruili, could be transported to Kunming in the shortest possible time. Only those materials are quickly circulated, and the umbrella company's books can continue to increase the wealth needed to build the hydropower station, if there is not enough financial resources to support, Angela believes that the hydropower station project mentioned by Zhuo Fei can only be a water moon in the mirror.

Angela's assistants and staff agreed with this reasoning, and they all agreed to just complete the Ruili River drainage project before preparing sufficient property. Angela and their thinking is very simple, anyway, the Ruili River has been diverted and diverted, and the main river has been set aside, as long as there are enough financial resources, the construction of the hydropower station can start at any time. However, the technicians in charge of the hydropower project did not think so, and they mistakenly thought that Angela was adjusting the hydropower project at this time in order to use the funds originally prepared for the hydropower project to lay the railway.

The jeep drove on the bumpy dirt road, and Angela, nestled in the back seat of the jeep, let out a sigh of relief. The disputes with those technicians in the past few days have made Angela tired to deal with, and when there is no one in the middle of the night, Angela even began to have some things that she shouldn't have agreed to come to China in the first place, Vivien and the others must not have had a hard time in Germany as she did.

Drainage of Ruili River is also not a small project, after obtaining the consent and support of the Yunnan government, Angela mobilized almost all the construction machinery on hand to join this grand project. There is the roar of construction machinery in the construction site for 24 hours, and a large number of earthworks are transported by endless trucks to a long place, and a temporary waterway about 5 kilometers long has been roughly simulated from the original flow of Ruili River 2 miles away.

The choice of the hydropower project was the opinion of the Jewish water experts, as this section of the waterway is a canyon and the narrowest section of the river is less than 60 meters. The construction of the 60-metre-long dam was discussed by Jewish experts and it was concluded that the dam would not take more than five months from the start to the completion of the dam because they had too much labor and machinery to spend on the dam construction site.

"Miss Angela, why are you here?" Vivien brought in an Austrian builder to temporarily supervise the drainage project, and after freeing himself from Nazi coercion, the Austrian builder played an indispensable role in the drainage project.

"It's nothing, I'm just here to have a casual look." After greeting each other, Angela casually glanced around the edge of the construction site. "Mr. Kling, I wonder how long it will take for the drainage project to be completed? The generating units of the hydropower station have been transported to Yangon Port and can be shipped to us at any time. Angela turned her head to look at Klin, who was tired of accompanying her to inspect the construction site, and learned that her boss was coming to Ruili soon, and Angela was a little anxious about the speed of the drainage project.

Fortunately, Klin, who served as the project supervisor, was very confident, and immediately took the drawings from the assistant's hand and opened them to Angela, "Miss Angela, our drainage project is carried out in sections, and we have divided a total of 5 kilometers of drainage channels into 5 sections. So far, three of the five bids have been completed according to the engineering design, and the remaining two are concentrated at both ends of the drainage channel. The earthworks are about to be completed, and the diversion channel can be put into operation by blasting the rocky sections along with the original waterway with explosives. ”

Afraid that Angela would not understand his explanation, Kling also squatted down and dug a shallow trench in the ground with a knife as an explanation, so that Angela fully understood what Kling meant. "Half a month, as long as there is another half a month, the temporary waterway can be completed." Kling finally gave the exact time, and the half-month deadline gave Angela great confidence, but at the same time, she also had a headache for the upcoming launch of the hydropower project, which would cost a lot of money.

Clint had also heard of the disputes between Angela and those Jewish technicians in the past few days, and when he saw that Angela was in a bad mood, Clint immediately smiled. "Miss Angela, I asked the locals that the rainy season is between May and October. Not to mention that during the rainy season, the river water will increase the amount of water, and during the rainy season, the hydropower station will not be able to operate normally. It's at least a little over a month before the end of the rainy season, and you don't have to argue with the engineers. ”

Klin's words were like a shot in the arm, which instantly restored Angela's former spirit, yes, there is at least a month before the end of the rainy season, and this matter is best left to the boss who is about to come to Ruili to have a headache. Angela, who was in a good mood, immediately went home, and the group drove back to the town in a jeep full of muddy water, only to see many unfamiliar faces in the town. "Miss Angela, the boss is here." An assistant who had stayed in the town trotted over.

Good news always makes people happy, and Angela is naturally no exception, walking into her office quickly, and seeing Zhuo Fei with her back to her looking down on the map. Angela's appearance made several guards in the room leave slowly and with interest, and Zhuo Fei, who had his back to Angela, didn't know Angela's appearance yet. "Oh, you're back." Zhuo Fei, who finally straightened up, didn't show too much emotion, and after finding Angela standing behind him, he just said a casual greeting lightly, but such a casual greeting had already caused Angela to burst into tears.

The guards guarding the door closed the door gently, and the guard post was placed 30 meters away, even Zhuo Yan, who had always followed his brother closely, had long since disappeared at this time. No one knew what Zhuo Fei and Angela had said in that office, and it was about half an hour before Angela's eyes were red when the door was opened. Seeing Angela leave, Zhuo Fei beckoned the Jewish representatives who had been waiting for a long time to enter the office, and the office that originally belonged to Angela was requisitioned by Zhuo Fei. 、